Willie Joe Sebesta, Sr.
1898 - 1975 (77 years)-
Name Willie Joe Sebesta Suffix Sr. Born 24 Jun 1898 Deanville, Burleson County, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Died 25 Aug 1975 Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA Buried 27 Aug 1975 Masonic Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA Person ID I3150 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 17 Jun 2020
Father Joseph Vince Sebesta, b. 22 Dec 1875, Washington County, Texas, USA , d. 1 Oct 1923, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA (Age 47 years) Mother Annie Drgac, b. 2 May 1875, Burleson County, Texas, USA , d. 20 Jan 1956, Deanville, Burleson County, Texas, USA (Age 80 years) Married 17 Nov 1895 Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA Family ID F1225 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lydia Marie Dusek, b. 19 May 1901, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA , d. 5 Aug 1986, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA (Age 85 years) Married 30 Nov 1920 Children + 1. Josephine Lydia Sebesta, b. 25 Jul 1924, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA , d. 11 Jan 1973, Pasadena, Harris County, Texas, USA (Age 48 years)+ 2. Billy Joe Sebesta, Jr., b. 19 Dec 1928, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA , d. 17 Sep 2018, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA (Age 89 years)+ 3. A.R. Sebesta + 4. Linda Jean Sebesta, b. 26 Oct 1939, Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA , d. 8 Aug 2019, Temple, Bell County, Texas, USA (Age 79 years)Last Modified 7 Dec 2015 Family ID F1226 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 24 Jun 1898 - Deanville, Burleson County, Texas, USA 
Died - 25 Aug 1975 - Caldwell, Burleson County, Texas, USA 
Buried - 27 Aug 1975 - Masonic Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Documents 
U.S. World War I Draft Card - Willie Joe Sebesta, Sr.
Name: Willie Joe Sebesta
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Street Address: 4 (?)
Residence Place: Burleson, Texas, USA
Relative: Joe V. Sebesta
U.S. World War II Draft Card - Willie Joseph Sebesta, Sr.
Name: Willie Joe Sebesta
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 43
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Birth Place: Burleson, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Caldwell, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Caldwell, Texas, USA
Weight: 163 lbs.
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5' 10"
Next of Kin: Mrs T. B. Parkhill
Death Certificate for Willie Joe Sebesta, Sr.
Name: Willie Joe Sebesta Senior
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Caldwell, Burleson, Texas, USA
Father: Joe V. Sebesta
Mother: Annie Drgac
Age at Death: 77
Death Date: 25 Aug 1975
Death Place: Caldwell, Burleson, Texas, USA
Obituary of Willie Joe Sebesta, Sr.
Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle on August 26, 1975
Obituary of Willie Joe Sebesta, Sr.
Published in The SPJST Vestnik Herald on October 1, 1975
Headstones 
Headstone of Willie Joe Sebesta, Sr. and Lydia Marie Dusek Sebesta
Masonic Cemetery - Caldwell, Texas, USA
Plot: Section 8, Block 2, Plot D, Row 2, Lot 10 & 11
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Notes - Obituary:
Mr. Sebesta Sr.
CALDWELL - Funeral services for Willie Joe Sebesta Sr., 106 E. Keb St., Caldwell, will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Caldwell Brethren Church with the Rev. Henry Beseda and the Rev. Daniel Morek officiating.
Burial will be in the Caldwell Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Bowers-Harvey-Schiller Funeral Home of Caldwell.
Mr. Sebesta died Sunday in a Caldwell hospital. He was born June 24, 1898 in Burleson County and had been a lifelong resident. He was a retired clerk with the Park Hill Grocery and the Jennings Hardware Co. and a member of the SPJST Lodge, No. 7. He was a member of the Caldwell Brethren Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lydia Sebesta of Caldwell; a son, B.J. Sebesta of Kennedy; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin Chlapek of Pasadena, Mrs. Frank Semcik of Austin; two brothers, Joe Sebesta and Frank Sebesta, both of Caldwell; three sisters, Mrs. Stanley Pertl of Caldwell; Mrs. Ernist Deutsch of Caldwell, Mrs. Vlasta Wolf of Beaumont and ten grandchildren.
(Published in The Bryan-College Station Eagle on August 26, 1975)
- Obituary:
EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY
We, the Resolution Committee of Lodge No. 7, Caldwell, in behalf of the entire membership, express our sympathy to the bereaved family of our departed lodge brother,
WILLIE JOE SEBESTA, SR.,
age 77, who died at 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 25, 1975 in the Goodnight Memorial Hospital following a 10-day hospital stay.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 27th, in the Caldwell Brethren Church, with Rev. Henry Beseda and Rev. Daniel Marek officiating. Burial was in the Masonic Cemetery, under the direction of Bowers-Harvey-Schiller Funeral Home.
Brother Sebesta was born on June 24th, 1898 in Deanville Community. He was united in marriage to Miss Lydia M. Dusek of November 30, 1920. This marriage was blessed with four children (his oldest daughter preceded him in death, and she was married to John W. Springer); one son, B.J. Sebesta; daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Alice Ruth) Chlapek and Mrs. Linda Jean Simcik (the wife of Rev. Frank Simcik).
Brother Sebesta was a member of the Caldwell Brethren Church and a member of the Caldwell Brethren Church and a member of SPJST Lodge No. 7, Caldwell, for 58 years, having served as president for 18 years. His early life's occupation being in farming, later he became a clerk for Parkhill Grocery Store for 14 years, and then at Jennings Hardware Co. for 24 years.
Survivors include his wife, one son and two daughters; two brothers and three sisters.
Serving as pallbearers were his two grandsons, Wesley Springer of Pasadena, and Charles Sebesta of San Angelo; nephews Theodore Dusek, Franklin Sebesta, both of Caldwell, Melvin Pertl, Robert Deutsch, James Wolff, all of Houston, and Joe F. Sebesta of Gregory.
May our departed brother rest in eternal peace and may his memory live among us forever.
Resolution Committee:
Adolf Luksa
Franklin Sebesta
Joe F. Sebesta
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(Published in The SPJST Vestnik Herald on October 1, 1975)
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